The current Konoha was not the crumbling Konoha after the Third Shinobi World War.
With Konoha's strength, cutting off all of Sunagakure's external supply lines would be incredibly easy.
"Orochimaru, this strategy is too brilliant!"
Danzo Shimura felt a chill down his spine just thinking about it. He hadn't expected Orochimaru to have such a powerful strategy. This completely controlled Sunagakure!
"That's why I said you need to broaden your horizons. Solving problems with force is ultimately a last resort. Even the strongest power will continuously weaken through attrition. What we need to do is achieve the greatest results with the least losses."
Orochimaru was very puzzled by Konoha's current operational strategy but found it difficult to say anything.
After all, she was just an ordinary Jonin.
Looking back at the First Shinobi World War and the Second Shinobi World War in the original story, both were continuous drains on Konoha's strength, to the point where Konoha was on the verge of collapse by the Third Shinobi World War.
If Minato Namikaze hadn't emerged out of nowhere, it's hard to say what would have become of Konoha.
After the Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze and Uzumaki Kushina died, the aftermath of the Third Shinobi World War came, and the Ninja World War continued for several more years before ending.
"By the way, Hiruzen wants to arrange for people to sabotage Iwagakure's supply lines to gain an advantage on the front lines. Orochimaru, what are your thoughts on this?"
Danzo Shimura suddenly remembered this matter.
"Hmm..."
Orochimaru pondered for a moment and said, "Currently, Iwagakure is fighting Konoha and Kumogakure simultaneously. Destroying their supply lines is an excellent choice. I believe we can arrange a surprise attack unit to infiltrate Iwagakure and cause destruction, thereby curbing Iwagakure's arrogance."
"It shouldn't be difficult for Konoha's strength to capture Iwagakure, right?"
Danzo Shimura felt that with Konoha's strength, he was fully confident in capturing any Shinobi Village.
"Iwagakure's location is easy to defend and difficult to attack. With Konoha's strength, capturing Iwagakure would result in too many casualties. If Iwagakure decided to go down in a blaze of glory, the Ninja attacking Iwagakure would face certain death. That would severely cripple Konoha, requiring years of recovery, and the compensation payments would be a considerable expense, draining Konoha's finances. It would be a net loss."
Orochimaru said all this to dispel some of Danzo Shimura's unrealistic ideas.
"If that really happened, Hiruzen-sensei might have to resign and a new Hokage would be chosen."
Orochimaru looked at Danzo Shimura as if he were looking at the next Hokage.
"I think your idea, Orochimaru, is quite good."
Danzo Shimura sat up straight and said seriously.
Are you kidding? He didn't want to be Hokage!
Hiruzen Sarutobi should just stay in the Hokage position, preferably until he dies!
Whoever wanted to be Hokage could be Hokage. He wasn't even planning to be Assistant Hokage anymore, so why would he care about the Hokage position?
Akimichi Torifu was his role model!
If he had known that retirement was so good, why would he have bothered being the Assistant Hokage?
Being Assistant Hokage was simply a waste of his limited life!
If the Danzo Shimura from the original story saw you like this now, I wonder what he would think.
Orochimaru saw Danzo Shimura's strong resistance to the Hokage position, remembering the Danzo Shimura from the original story who dreamed of becoming Hokage.
He truly thought about it during the day, cried at night, and dreamed of Hiruzen Sarutobi dying quickly so he could take over.
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